MediaWikiAdapter

A custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) adapter for interacting with MediaWiki and WikiBase APIs. This adapter allows you to fetch and edit MediaWiki pages programmatically using the MCP framework.

Features

• Fetch the content of a MediaWiki page.

• Edit a MediaWiki page with new content and an optional summary.

• Configurable API base URLs for different MediaWiki and WikiBase instances.

Related MCP server: Wikidata MCP Server

Requirements

• Node.js (v16 or later)

• TypeScript (for development)

• MediaWiki instance with API access enabled

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mediawikiadapter.git
   cd mediawikiadapter

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Build the project:

   npm run build

Usage

Configure the Adapter

You can configure the adapter to use custom MediaWiki and WikiBase API endpoints:

server.configure({
  mediaWikiAPIBase: "https://my.mediawiki.instance/api.php",
  wikiBaseAPIBase: "https://my.wikibase.instance/api.php",
});

Start the MCP Server

Run the MCP server using the following command:

node build/index.js

Resources

getPageContent

Fetches the content of a MediaWiki page.

• Input Schema:

  {
    "title": "string"
  }

• Output Schema:

  {
    "content": "string"
  }

Example Usage:

const response = await server.callResource("getPageContent", {
  title: "Main Page",
});
console.log(response.content);

Tools

editPage

Edits a MediaWiki page with new content.

• Input Schema:

  {
    "title": "string",
    "content": "string",
    "summary": "string (optional)"
  }

• Output Schema:

  {
    "success": "boolean"
  }

Example Usage:

const response = await server.callTool("editPage", {
  title: "Main Page",
  content: "Updated content for the page.",
  summary: "Updated via MediaWikiAdapter",
});
console.log(response.success ? "Edit successful" : "Edit failed");

Development

Run in Development Mode

To run the project in development mode with TypeScript:

npm run dev

Linting

Run the linter to check for code quality:

npm run lint

Testing

Currently, no tests are implemented. You can add tests to the test directory and run them using:

npm test

Configuration

The adapter uses the following default API base URLs:

• MediaWiki API Base: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php

• WikiBase API Base: https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php

You can override these defaults using the server.configure() method.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.

2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.

3. Submit a pull request with a detailed description of your changes.

License

This project is licensed under the LGPL-3.0-or-later license. See the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Created by Luca Mauri.